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Class weka.experiment.AveragingResultProducer

java.lang.Object
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public class AveragingResultProducer
extends Object
implements ResultListener, ResultProducer, OptionHandler
AveragingResultProducer takes the results from a ResultProducer and submits the average to the result listener. For non-numeric result fields, the first value is used.

Version:
$Revision: 1.2 $
Author:
Len Trigg (trigg@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

Constructor Index

 o AveragingResultProducer()

Method Index

 o acceptResult(ResultProducer, Object[], Object[])
Accepts results from a ResultProducer.
 o doRun(int)
Gets the results for a specified run number.
 o getCalculateStdDevs()
Get the value of CalculateStdDevs.
 o getCompatibilityState()
Gets a description of the internal settings of the result producer, sufficient for distinguishing a ResultProducer instance from another with different settings (ignoring those settings set through this interface).
 o getExpectedResultsPerAverage()
Get the value of ExpectedResultsPerAverage.
 o getKeyFieldName()
Get the value of KeyFieldName.
 o getKeyNames()
Gets the names of each of the columns produced for a single run.
 o getKeyTypes()
Gets the data types of each of the columns produced for a single run.
 o getOptions()
Gets the current settings of the result producer.
 o getResultNames()
Gets the names of each of the columns produced for a single run.
 o getResultProducer()
Get the ResultProducer.
 o getResultTypes()
Gets the data types of each of the columns produced for a single run.
 o isResultRequired(ResultProducer, Object[])
Determines whether the results for a specified key must be generated.
 o listOptions()
Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
 o postProcess()
When this method is called, it indicates that no more requests to generate results for the current experiment will be sent.
 o postProcess(ResultProducer)
When this method is called, it indicates that no more results will be sent that need to be grouped together in any way.
 o preProcess()
Prepare to generate results.
 o preProcess(ResultProducer)
Prepare for the results to be received.
 o setCalculateStdDevs(boolean)
Set the value of CalculateStdDevs.
 o setExpectedResultsPerAverage(int)
Set the value of ExpectedResultsPerAverage.
 o setInstances(Instances)
Sets the dataset that results will be obtained for.
 o setKeyFieldName(String)
Set the value of KeyFieldName.
 o setOptions(String[])
Parses a given list of options.
 o setResultListener(ResultListener)
Sets the object to send results of each run to.
 o setResultProducer(ResultProducer)
Set the ResultProducer.
 o toString()
Gets a text descrption of the result producer.

Constructors

 o AveragingResultProducer
 public AveragingResultProducer()

Methods

 o doRun
 public void doRun(int run) throws Exception
Gets the results for a specified run number. Different run numbers correspond to different randomizations of the data. Results produced should be sent to the current ResultListener

Parameters:
run - the run number to get results for.
Throws: Exception
if a problem occurs while getting the results
 o preProcess
 public void preProcess(ResultProducer rp) throws Exception
Prepare for the results to be received.

Parameters:
rp - the ResultProducer that will generate the results
Throws: Exception
if an error occurs during preprocessing.
 o preProcess
 public void preProcess() throws Exception
Prepare to generate results. The ResultProducer should call preProcess(this) on the ResultListener it is to send results to.

Throws: Exception
if an error occurs during preprocessing.
 o postProcess
 public void postProcess(ResultProducer rp) throws Exception
When this method is called, it indicates that no more results will be sent that need to be grouped together in any way.

Parameters:
rp - the ResultProducer that generated the results
Throws: Exception
if an error occurs
 o postProcess
 public void postProcess() throws Exception
When this method is called, it indicates that no more requests to generate results for the current experiment will be sent. The ResultProducer should call preProcess(this) on the ResultListener it is to send results to.

Throws: Exception
if an error occurs
 o acceptResult
 public void acceptResult(ResultProducer rp,
                          Object key[],
                          Object result[]) throws Exception
Accepts results from a ResultProducer.

Parameters:
rp - the ResultProducer that generated the results
key - an array of Objects (Strings or Doubles) that uniquely identify a result for a given ResultProducer with given compatibilityState
result - the results stored in an array. The objects stored in the array may be Strings, Doubles, or null (for the missing value).
Throws: Exception
if the result could not be accepted.
 o isResultRequired
 public boolean isResultRequired(ResultProducer rp,
                                 Object key[]) throws Exception
Determines whether the results for a specified key must be generated.

Parameters:
rp - the ResultProducer wanting to generate the results
key - an array of Objects (Strings or Doubles) that uniquely identify a result for a given ResultProducer with given compatibilityState
Returns:
true if the result should be generated
Throws: Exception
if it could not be determined if the result is needed.
 o getKeyNames
 public String[] getKeyNames() throws Exception
Gets the names of each of the columns produced for a single run.

Returns:
an array containing the name of each column
 o getKeyTypes
 public Object[] getKeyTypes() throws Exception
Gets the data types of each of the columns produced for a single run. This method should really be static.

Returns:
an array containing objects of the type of each column. The objects should be Strings, or Doubles.
 o getResultNames
 public String[] getResultNames() throws Exception
Gets the names of each of the columns produced for a single run. A new result field is added for the number of results used to produce each average. If only averages are being produced the names are not altered, if standard deviations are produced then "Dev_" and "Avg_" are prepended to each result deviation and average field respectively.

Returns:
an array containing the name of each column
 o getResultTypes
 public Object[] getResultTypes() throws Exception
Gets the data types of each of the columns produced for a single run.

Returns:
an array containing objects of the type of each column. The objects should be Strings, or Doubles.
 o getCompatibilityState
 public String getCompatibilityState()
Gets a description of the internal settings of the result producer, sufficient for distinguishing a ResultProducer instance from another with different settings (ignoring those settings set through this interface). For example, a cross-validation ResultProducer may have a setting for the number of folds. For a given state, the results produced should be compatible. Typically if a ResultProducer is an OptionHandler, this string will represent the command line arguments required to set the ResultProducer to that state.

Returns:
the description of the ResultProducer state, or null if no state is defined
 o listOptions
 public Enumeration listOptions()
Returns an enumeration describing the available options.

Returns:
an enumeration of all the available options
 o setOptions
 public void setOptions(String options[]) throws Exception
Parses a given list of options. Valid options are:

-F name
The field name that will be unique for a run (default "Fold")

-X num_results
The expected number of results per run. (default 10)

-S
Calculate standard deviations. (default only averages)

-W classname
Specify the full class name of the result producer.

All option after -- will be passed to the result producer.

Parameters:
options - the list of options as an array of strings
Throws: Exception
if an option is not supported
 o getOptions
 public String[] getOptions()
Gets the current settings of the result producer.

Returns:
an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions
 o setInstances
 public void setInstances(Instances instances)
Sets the dataset that results will be obtained for.

Parameters:
instances - a value of type 'Instances'.
 o getCalculateStdDevs
 public boolean getCalculateStdDevs()
Get the value of CalculateStdDevs.

Returns:
Value of CalculateStdDevs.
 o setCalculateStdDevs
 public void setCalculateStdDevs(boolean newCalculateStdDevs)
Set the value of CalculateStdDevs.

Parameters:
newCalculateStdDevs - Value to assign to CalculateStdDevs.
 o getExpectedResultsPerAverage
 public int getExpectedResultsPerAverage()
Get the value of ExpectedResultsPerAverage.

Returns:
Value of ExpectedResultsPerAverage.
 o setExpectedResultsPerAverage
 public void setExpectedResultsPerAverage(int newExpectedResultsPerAverage)
Set the value of ExpectedResultsPerAverage.

Parameters:
newExpectedResultsPerAverage - Value to assign to ExpectedResultsPerAverage.
 o getKeyFieldName
 public String getKeyFieldName()
Get the value of KeyFieldName.

Returns:
Value of KeyFieldName.
 o setKeyFieldName
 public void setKeyFieldName(String newKeyFieldName)
Set the value of KeyFieldName.

Parameters:
newKeyFieldName - Value to assign to KeyFieldName.
 o setResultListener
 public void setResultListener(ResultListener listener)
Sets the object to send results of each run to.

Parameters:
listener - a value of type 'ResultListener'
 o getResultProducer
 public ResultProducer getResultProducer()
Get the ResultProducer.

Returns:
the ResultProducer.
 o setResultProducer
 public void setResultProducer(ResultProducer newResultProducer)
Set the ResultProducer.

Parameters:
newResultProducer - new ResultProducer to use.
 o toString
 public String toString()
Gets a text descrption of the result producer.

Returns:
a text description of the result producer.
Overrides:
toString in class Object

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